Huntsville gazette., 1887-06-25
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

The Georgia melon is link in the
sweet Intercourse between North and
South.
John d. King, of South Carolina, has
been arrested in Atlanta, Ca, for forg-
ing his name to certificate Of proficien
cy, which procured for him school at
Oconec.
Another enterprise for the South, the
Decatur (Ala.) Wire Fence Machine Com
pany, has been organized with a capital
stock OF S25 900. 1t will give employment
to some thirty-fve men. The Land com.
| pany at Decatur has sold at private sale,
recently, 1906, ESQ worth of business prop
erty. The lots were sold at from $50 to
$40 per front foot The price received for
the twelve acres is more than half ss
much as the Land company paid for tae
ffty-six acres of town lands owned by
them.
A severe hail-storm, accompanied with
lightning, passed over Somerville, Tenn,
a few days ago. Serious damage was
done to crops, and W. Fl. Boyd, prom
inent colored politician of Fayette County,
was instantly killed by lightning. The
bolt struck cabin in which he, together
with his son, had taken refuge. The
child was stunned, but soon recovered.
Boyd was the Repu blican candidate for
Representative from Fayette County at
the last election, but was defeated.
81. a. Robertson, aged twenty one
years, in the employ of the Western Un-
ion Telegraph Company, at Memphis,
Tenn, and detailed to aid the construction
corps, was killed few days ago by faA-
ing from moving train.
Near Corbin, KY, few days ago, John
Toomey, resident of Lexington, w hile
guarding convicts on the Louisville South
ern, accidently shot himself, dying in.
stantly.
A copperhead snake bit farmer VIM.
Winters of Davidson County, Tenn, on
the hand few days ago while he was
planting sweet potato slips and killed
him. He suffered intensely, hls body
swelling to twice its natural size
THE marshal of Waynesboro, Ca, re-
Gently killed eleven moccasin snakes
with his revolver, but the reptiles still
kept coming forw ard from under the logs
in such numbers that he was forced to re-
| treat. The marshal is said to be man
of veracity and wholly temperate.
A tanner at GAINESVILLE, Ga, is shipping
large quantities of unfinished leather to
Boston, because, while he can tan the
leather much cheaper than it can be done
in Massachusetts,, it can be finished bet.
ter and cheaper there, owing to the use
Of improved machinery.
Six wagon loads of gambling parapher-
MALTA, confscated by the police, were
publicly burned at Atlanta, Ca, a few
days ago. The value of the stuff is
placed at $4,000, and the gamblers
threaten to sue the city for damages
Near Macon, Ga, there is a mule with
an artificial throat H. was sick with
something like laryn gifts, and the veteri-
nary surgeon seeing that it would soon
be impossible for the animal to breathe
through his windpipe, a portion Of the
pipe was removed and silver tube was
inserted, and now the mule breathes
freely.
Craig Tolliver, the most glorious des-
perado now living in Kentucky, has had
himself elected to a judgeship in Rows n
County. Nobody cJu,1 be found with
nerve enough to vote against him, and so
Craig will mount the woolsack after hlv
ing murdered score of people and hay-
! ing been indicted for nearly all the
| crimes known to the statutes.
Reports from Calhoun County, Fla,
state that an epidemic of rabies among
dogs and cattle preva., there. Several
persons, it is said, have been bitten by the
rabid dogs. Much excitement prevails in
the county, and dog and cattle-killing par
ties are organizing.
A duel with razors occurred near Wood
rug, S. C., a few days ago. The principals
were two dusky Amazons, and the cause
was q mutual sweetheart whose entire
affections were claimed by both. The
women fought until they succumbed from
exhaustion, caused by loss of blood. Both
received serious and perhaps fatal
wounds. They fought with keen razors,
which were skillfully manipulated.
! There have been total of TWEEN nty-nine
cases of yellow fever at Key West, Fla,
up to present writing. The sickness has
been confined to the class of mechanics
who f1ocked there after the fire. Many Of
( them are dissipated and have not saved
enough to get away with. 1t the Board
of Health could send fifty of these pc ople
to New York at cost of about S1,010,
nothing more, it is thought, would be
heard of yellow fever there.
Banks Hill and C. D. Little, young men
belonging to the best families in Macon,
Ca, went outside the city limits to fight
duel few days ago. Little knew that
the pistols were not loaded with bullets,
but Hill took the matter seriously and
bravely went through. Two shots were
fired when Little fell, and Hill wanted a
pistol to kill himself He was then told
of the joke. On their return to the city
both men shook hands and are now
friends.
An illicit still was captured few
nights ago near Annis ton, Ala, in Horse
Gap mountains. Five hundred gallons of
beer We're destroyed. The still was a
homemade affair, with a capacity of
about six gallons per day. The capture
was made by United States Deputy Mar
shall Beets. Reuben II. Burden, the dis
tiller was brought before Commissioner
Jeffers, pleaded guilty as charged, and
was held to answer before the Septem.
Der term of the United States Court, in
Birmingham. Defendant is rough, lily
clad, barefooted man, looks like he had
never been among civilized people, and
says he has been carrying On the bu5ines.
/ ten years
A few days ago, while V. H. Tillery and
/ his brother-in-la law, Mr.. Grisworld, were
returning to Greenville, Miss, from
Florida, the county seat of East Carroll
Parish, La, they were SUDDENLY fired upon
by several parties in ambush. Tillery
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